Combination-tool.



JOHNNIE o. BIKES, or nnownwo'on, TEXAS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5,1910.

Application filed May 29, 1909. Serial No. 499,207.

lb all ufimn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNNIE C. DIKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brownwood, in the county of Brown and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination- Tools, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

Thisinvention relates to fence tools, especially adaptcdfor use in connection with wire fences, and the rincipal object of the invention is to'provide a tool by means of which the wires of the fence may be stretched, tightened, spliced, .niended, fastened tostays, twisted together, and held while being otherwise attended to.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above it will, of

course, be understood that the essential features of the same are susceptible of changes in details and structural arrangements, one preferred and practical embodiment of which is shown in the accompanying drawingrs, whereinigure 1 -1s aplan view of the improved fence tool, one member thereof being shownin longitudinal section. F ig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same, one end of one of the members of the tool being broken away to show the end of the other member. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of one of the members of the tool, showing a cutting blade projecting laterally therefrom. Fig. l is a similar view. of a portion'of the other member showing the same equipped with a wire holding prong. Fig. 5- is a perspective View of an auxiliary tool for use in connection with one of the members of the fence tool.

Referring to said drawings by numerals,

1 and 2 designate the two members of the tool, said members each being composed of a steel bar or red, one of their end portions being straight and their other ends being outwardly curved. One of said members (1) is provided with a transverse opening 3 formed in'its straight portion and in which is mbunted a pivot pin 4 upon which a pivot ear 5 projecting laterally from the member 2 is mounted. Said member 1 is provided with a second recess immediately adjacent the inner portion of itscurved end, said second recess being designated by the numeral'ifi and extending transversely through said member andhaving the inner ends of its side walls notched as at Gto'form' a. seat for a wire strand. A cutting blhd'e'f" I 7 projects laterally 'from the member Q' 'and when said members are broughtf together,"' said blade will pass throughsaidtebess 5* and cut a wire strand onthef be readily understood. n It will be obvious that thee .vfed? endsof the members form the'handl'es', and the straight ends form the gripping jaws; the meeting faces of said jaws beingpreferably a tswiu flat as'indicated at;8, andpreferalil'y their extreme ends taper sothat When'in-acIOsctI- position asshown' in Fig. 1, the'tool'will have a pointed end 9, for a purpose tobef explained;

The member 1 of the tool is provided with an outwardly projecting rearwardly in-' 7 clined lug 10 which forms between itself and the rear face of the gripping jaw of the member 1 aholdin notch 11 for the'wire strands. The mom er 'lis alsoprovided f with two transverse openings 12- 42, the" opening 12 being locatcd betiveendts hinge recess and the'eutting blade recess, and the f adjacent'the'outer opening 12. being located end the handle.

The member 2 is provided with two trans- I v'erselyextending openings 18 and'l i'w hich are located between the hinge connection with the member 1 and the cutting blade, and at its rear, and between said openings, it is provided with a laterally extending outwardly projecting lug or pin 15 forming a guide for a wire which is being tied of twisted by the tool, as will be presently, explained. Said member 2 has t e outer end of its handle in the form of a claw 16 which is especially ada ted for ulling staples, nails, &c. Saidc aw-end of the handle being preferably separable from the handle bi means of its threaded engagement therew-it as will be explained in connection with the handle of the other member. The forward end portion of said member 2 carries an outwardly projecting forwardly inclined lug 18' forming notch 16 bet-ween itself an the. member 2 which serves to hold Wire strands, as will be obvious.

The rear end of the member has its handle in the form of a section 17 from which projects a reduced threaded extension 18 adapted for detachable engagement with a threaded longitudinal recess 19 formed in said end of the member 1. 'The claw-end of the other member 2 is of the"s"ame type,

hence it has not been thought necessary to illustrate the same in section. The members 1 and 2 are provided with the detachable sections so as to increase their leverage when 5 used in connection with heavy work.

In Fig. 5 an auxiliary toolhas been shown which is in the form of a hammer, the head 20 of the same being used for driving staples, nails, &c.,' and its claw 21 being used for extracting the same. The handle 22 is provided with regularly spaced apart transversely arran ed intermediate openings 22-23 throng which wire strands may be passed, and the free endof the handle is a provided with an eye 24 by means of which the auxiliary tool may be mountedon the end of the member 1 of the fence tool. The

lugs 10 or 16 of the members 1 and 2 are used for holding the wire strand while the '20 said strand isbein'g tightened by turning the tool to wind the wire about the tapering end 9, which operation also straightens the wire. The intermediate openings '12, 13, 14 are used for receiving opposite ends of wires 25 so that when thettool .1 s turned 'bodil or. dengthwisd'fj-thejwires be twiste to-.

gether; end opening in the member -1 isjor'connection with splicing in a .Vjthen tied to the'broken wire.

-. Thelauxi liarytoolshownin Fig. 5 may ,be used separate from the'main tool to per- '-.f itsl taplegp' g r'fd i s functwns,

and also by means of its openings in the handle maybe used for twisting wires together. It is intended primarily however,

to be usedin connection with the main tool, and is supported on the end of the'member 1 by means of its end eye, and is especially adapted for cooperating with theprongs and notches of said members so that the work may'be' held while incidental matters in connection with fence building are being attended to.

In addition to the foregoing, it will be seen that the improved tool is of especial value for use in attaching the wires to stays or posts. To perform this function, the ends of the .wires maybe passed through the openings of the member 2 and over the lug projecting therefrom, and by bodily turning the tool using the post or stay asa fulcrum, if de- "sired, it will be seen that the said wires will .be tightly twisted about the post or stay. -What I claim as my invention is r A tool of the character described, comprising hinged members having clamping aws, sa1d' 'aws' tapering'to a point, reversely-incline projections one on each of said members, each of said. projections forming a notch, and one of said projections bein located adjacent to the end of'one of the aws end'the other projection being locatdhd- 'jacent to the hinged portion of said mem bers. 1

'In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses? JOHNNIE o. Duties; Witnesses: Y

E. J. MILLER, J45. W. WA YMAN. 

